Mysticism

In her assessment of Gilbert Hernandez’ seminal work, Palomar: The Heartbreak Soup Stories, Jennifer Glaser makes a number of claims about the ultimate meaning behind the work and how it relates to the larger work of transnational authors. Glaser asserts that Palomar is an important piece of transnational exploration; Through the lens of the somewhat mystical town of Palomar,Hernandez explores race, gender, class and the still unfolding effects of cultural imperialism. Glaser also argues that…

Ibn al-Qayyim wrote mainly on subjects like commentary of the Holy Qur'an, Islamic jurisprudence, traditions of the Holy Prophet (SAW), mysticism, social, political and economic issues. We can divide his economic thoughts into five main categories: 1 His views on the economic philosophy of Islam. a) Homo Islamicus and Not Homo Economicus Ibn al-Qayyim highlights the basic Islamic faith that every man is accountable before Allah (SWT) for his conduct and that Allah (SWT) is the source of…

What would “Christianity” look like after the application of Kantian theory of Religion? This religion could not call itself “Christian” because they do not worship a Christ of Faith. Nor could they be called “Jesusists” because they are not following the teachings of Jesus the historical figure. What a Kantian “religion” would look like today is related closely to what we call the “New Age” faith. Although New Age best describes what Kant would accept as a pure religion, a Kantian religion…

Comes The Sun,” “Something,” and “While My Guitar Gently Weeps.” After his success with the Beatles, he went on to have a long and successful solo career. Through Harrison 's interest in Eastern culture, he introduced the Western World to Indian mysticism, philosophy, and the sitar. George Harrison’s contribution to music and popular culture irrefutably made him one of the most influential musicians of the twentieth century. On February 25, 1943 George Harrison was born in Liverpool, England. It…

Jelling: Jelling still requires the representation of animals on decorated items, but this time, they are “S” shaped and interlaced with spiral hips, profiled heads and pigtails. With this style, it appears like both Borre and Jelling are overlapping and most of the time used on the same object. This style was predominant in the 10th Century AD. Mammen: This style was very much present in the second half of the 10th century. The Mammen style was called after a grave site found in the village of…

During the years following the Patristic era, Christian theologians and philosophers began to move away from mysticism and Neo-Platonism in order to synthesize Christian doctrine with systematic Aristotelian philosophy. This movement would be come known as Scholasticism, and it would become the principle school of thought throughout the medieval period. During this period, the line between philosophy and theology was blurred, and the problems of, psychology, metaphysics, and ethics were admitted…

Charity Huggins Professor Paul Carrick Philosophy 101 17 November 2014 Why I Think Plato Is One Of The Greats (1) What intrigues you about this philosopher you have chosen? With the title “Philosopher King” and being the first archetype I had ever studied in my philosophical endeavors, Aristocles (but from here on out shall be recognized as Plato) captivated me from the beginning, and he captivates me nonetheless. Being fresh with curiosity and a sponge-like disposition, I soaked up the many…

Since amendments were made to the ‘British Nationality law’ in the 1940s, people from the commonwealth islands (including India) had been immigrating to the UK for nearly 20 years – this meant that people of the Hindu and other religions had already introduced these faiths into British society and the world was already changing to be more cultural before the Beatles choice to follow them. The band only created higher popularity for these faiths amongst the population. Also their views on…

divine consciousness. One of the prominent nirguna bhakti saint was Kabir Das. Kabir Das was born 600 years ago (1389-1518 A.D.). He was a weaver and was born in a poverty stricken family. He belonged to the Bhakti Movement with a marked strain of mysticism. It was a time when Moghuls and Afgans…

Let’s Talk About Israel On an episode of “The Daily Show” this summer, Jon Stewart spoke about Israel. In this specific segment, Stewart informed his viewers how America was re-supplying Israel with ammunition to defend itself against Hamas. In response to this, he said, “We cannot be Israel’s rehab sponsor and it’s drug dealer. It’s not going to work.” Well, I am sure you can imagine the backlash Stewart received. To many, this was unjustified criticism of Israel. To others, it was spot on…